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Hershey Co

Ticker: HSY ISIN: US4278661081
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Stock Large-cap Dividend payer
Market cap
$36.96B
P/E
33.89
Forward P/E
21.93
Profit margin
9.13%
Revenue growth QoQ
10.60%
Div. yield
2.99%
Beta
0.17
$187.18 -1.45%
Price as of 2026-08-25 · NYSE

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month +4.70%
6 Months -17.22%
1 Year +5.14%
5 Years +3.87% p.a.+20.88%
10 Years +7.89% p.a.+113.52%
Since inception +9.82% p.a.+936.64%
Calendar year returns
YTD +5.15%
2025 +10.98%
2024 -6.51%
2023 -17.88%
2022 +21.86%
2021 +29.58%

Key stats

Market cap
36.96B
P/E
33.89
Dividend yield
2.99%
Beta
0.17
52-week range
146.80 - 239.48
50-day MA
209.74
200-day MA
193.19
Section 1

Business overview

Company profile data from fundamentals.

The Hershey Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. The company offers chocolate and non-chocolate confectionery products; gum and mint refreshment products, including mints, chewing gums, and bubble gums; protein bars; pantry items, such as baking ingredients, toppings, beverages, and sundae syrups; and snack items comprising spreads, bars, snack bites, mixes, popcorn, and pretzels. It provides its products primarily under the Hershey's, Reese's, Kisses, Jolly Rancher, Almond Joy, Brookside, barkTHINS, Cadbury, Good & Plenty, Heath, Kit Kat, Payday, Rolo, Twizzlers, Sour Strips, Whoppers, York, Ice Breakers, Breath Savers, Bubble Yum, Lily's, SkinnyPop, Pirates Booty, Dot's Homestyle Pretzels, and ONE Bar brands, as well as under the Pelon Pelo Rico, IO-IO, and Sofit brands. The company markets and sells its products to wholesale distributors, chain grocery stores, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, vending companies, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, dollar stores, concessionaires, and department stores. It exports its products in approximately 65 countries worldwide. The Hershey Company was founded in 1894 and is based in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Sector Consumer Defensive
Industry Confectioners
Country United States
Exchange NYSE
Section 2

Financial quality

Profitability and balance-sheet quality indicators from reported fundamentals.

Profitability

ROE 23.23%
ROA 7.78%
Profit margin 9.13%
Operating margin 21.14%
PEG ratio 1.04
Revenue/share TTM 59.06
Revenue TTM 11.99B
EBITDA 2.24B
Gross profit TTM 4.20B
Beta 0.17

Valuation

Trailing P/E 33.89
Forward P/E 21.93
P/B 7.81
P/S 3.08
EV/EBITDA 18.73
EV/Revenue 3.48

ESG Scores

Total ESG 27.8
Environment 12.7
Social 14.8
Governance 7.3
Section 3

Earnings

Earnings metrics from company highlights and earnings datasets.

EPS estimate (current year) 8.41
Quarterly earnings growth 93.60%
Revenue TTM 11.99B
Reported quarters 121
Section 4

Dividends & corporate actions

Dividend and split fields from fundamentals.

Dividend yield 2.99%
Forward annual div. yield 2.94%
Dividend per share 5.5620
Payout ratio 65.79%
Ex-dividend date 2025-05-16
Next dividend date 2026-06-15
Split factor 2:1
Last split date 2004-06-16
Section 5

Ownership / analyst view

Institutional ownership and analyst estimate fields when available.

Analyst

Analyst target price $165.18
Analyst rating 3.04

Ownership & short interest

Shares outstanding 147.99M
Shares float 145.11M
Institutional ownership 84.56%
Insider ownership 33.80%
Short ratio 4.81
Short % of float 7.45%

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol HSY
Name Hershey Co
Asset type STOCK
Exchange NYSE
Currency USD
ISIN US4278661081
Country USA
Code + exchange HSY.NYSE
Last price date 2026-05-01
Fundamentals updated 2026-05-03

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